fly
adjective
1. (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
Similar word(s): alert, watchful
Sentences with fly as an adjective:
- be assured, O man of sin—pilferer of small wares and petty larcener—that there is an eye within keenly glancing from some loophole contrived between accordions and tin breastplates that watches your every movement, and is "fly,"— to use a term peculiarly comprehensible to dishonest minds—to the slightest gesture of illegal conveyancing. (Charles Dickens, "Arcadia"; Household Words Vol.7 p.381)
- He's pretty fly.
noun
1. two-winged insects characterized by active flight
Definition categories: animal, dipteran, dipteron
2. flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
Definition categories: man–made, flap
3. an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
Definition categories: man–made, opening
4. (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
Definition categories: act, hit, hitting, striking
5. fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
Definition categories: man–made
Sentences with fly as a noun:
- We had a quick half-hour fly back into the city.
verb
1. travel through the air; be airborne
- Man cannot fly
Similar word(s): wing
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
2. move quickly or suddenly
Definition categories: motion, move
3. operate an airplane
Similar word(s): aviate, pilot
Definition categories: motion, control, operate
4. transport by aeroplane
- We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America
Definition categories: contact, carry, transport
5. cause to fly or float
- fly a kite
Definition categories: motion
6. be dispersed or disseminated
- Rumors and accusations are flying
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
7. change quickly from one emotional state to another
- fly into a rage
Definition categories: change
8. pass away rapidly
Definition categories: motion, elapse, lapse, pass
9. travel in an airplane
- she is flying to Cincinnati tonight
- Are we driving or flying?
Definition categories: motion, travel
10. display in the air or cause to float
- All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N.
Definition categories: perception, show
11. run away quickly
Similar word(s): flee
Definition categories: motion, bunk, escape, lam, run, scarper, scat
12. travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
- Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic
Definition categories: motion, journey, travel
13. hit a fly
Definition categories: contact, hit
14. decrease rapidly and disappear
Similar word(s): vanish, vaporize
Definition categories: change, decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
Sentences with fly as a verb:
- Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.
- Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!